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Mabel Tan
Associate

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Mabel is an associate at Virtus Law*. Her practice spans diverse areas of local and international disputes with a particular specialisation in maritime and international trade matters. Having represented a wide range of clients, Mabel appreciates the interests and concerns unique to each client and strives to achieve a commercial and pragmatic solution that is best suited for her client.

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Mabel has broad experience in advising and representing clients in various contentious matters with expertise in shipping disputes involving charterparties and bills of lading. She has also dealt extensively in commodities trading disputes and has had the privilege of working with industry experts on commodities such as coal.

She is critically aware of issues such as enforcement even at early stages of proceedings and will advise her clients to take strategic and practical steps to maximise potential of recovery under an award or judgment.

*Virtus Law LLP (T13LL0339K) and Stephenson Harwood LLP (T13LL0821C) are registered as a Formal Law Alliance in Singapore under the name Stephenson Harwood (Singapore) Alliance. Both firms are registered in Singapore under the Limited Liability Partnership Act (Chapter 163A) with limited liability. The term "partner" is used to refer to a member in one of the constituent law firms.

Shipping litigation

Marine and international trade

Commercial litigation

Shipping litigation

Arrest and seizure of vessels

Advising and representing clients who wish to arrest vessels as a form of security or seize vessels to enforce a judgment award. This extends to instructing overseas counsel on arresting vessels in other jurisdictions.

Advised and acted for beneficial owners in multiple vessel arrests across 5 jurisdictions on disputes over vessel ownership and involving issues of sanction implications.

Charterparties and bills of lading

Advising and representing owners, charterers and cargo interests in disputes that extend to the enforcement of back-to-back indemnities and liens, mandatory and prohibitory injunctions relating to cargo discharge and general average claims. This area of dispute covers standard charterparty forms such as the NYPE, Baltime, Gencon and Asbatankvoy.

Advising clients and instructing Indonesian solicitors in Indonesian court proceedings involving a claim for general average contribution in the sum of approximately US$1.2 million.

Letters of credit and guarantees

Advising and representing clients on validity of LC discrepancies and payment obligations under LCs and guarantees.

Advised clients on an off-hire claim premised on delays caused by the master’s rejection of the bauxite cargo due to concerns of potential liquefaction of cargo.

Advised and acted for coal purchasers in Singapore High Court and Court of Appeal proceedings involving claims for non-compliance with contractual specifications and payment under letter of credit and guarantees.

Marine and international trade

Cargo specifications compliance

Advising and representing clients in disputes over specifications and delivery of cargoes such as coal, iron ore, scrap and calcium carbide. This area covers standard form agreements such as the SCoTA v8 and guidelines such as the ISRI Scrap specifications.

Advising and acting for bunker traders in two arbitrations involving claims for the supply of off-specification bunkers in a bunker supply chain.

Commercial litigation

Fraud, conspiracy and misrepresentation

Advising and representing parties in commodities trading and chartering businesses in cases involving allegations of fraud, conspiracy and misrepresentation.

Advised and acted for commodities purchasers in Singapore High Court and Court of Appeal proceedings involving claims fraud, conspiracy and misrepresentations.

Illegality

Advising and representing clients in disputes involving allegations of corruption and bribery in violation of the Prevention of Corruption Act and Investigations by the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau.

Advised and acted for international freight forwarders to defend allegations of bribery and to respond to investigations by the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau of Singapore.

Enforcement and insolvency

Advising and representing judgment creditors in garnishee proceedings, examination of judgment debtor, seizure and sale of assets, winding up proceedings and schemes of arrangement.

Advised and acted for judgment creditors in enforcement proceedings involving a Mareva injunction order prohibiting the removal of a yacht and the execution of a writ of seizure and sale to sell the yacht in satisfaction of a court judgment.

Advised and acted for judgment creditors in recovery of outstanding debts through a proposed scheme of arrangement.

Advising clients on their rights of recovery in liquidation proceedings which involved competing claims based on assignment.

Construction

Acted for contractors in court proceedings involving a dispute over manufacturing and installation works rendered pursuant to AFC/isometric drawings in a construction project.

Arbitration

Representing a hotel reservation online platform operator in arbitration proceedings against an information technology provider in respect of various breaches under a license agreement and in the recovery of issued shares.

Shipping

Advising and representing a wide range of parties with disputes pursuant to charterparties, bills of lading and freight forwarding agreements.

Advised and act for owners in disputes involving offhire, laytime, demurrage and detention, general average and vessel seaworthiness.

Acted for 3 major container liners under a vessel sharing agreement in a dispute involving the grounding of a container vessel and damaged containers and cargo on board, which included a successful application for an interim injunction pending the determination of an application for mare del nord orders.

Advised a container liner on claims for damage to and loss of containers on board a vessel relating to allegations of poor lashing and bad weather, and the defences and limitations of liability available under the Hague Visby rules.

Review of shipping agreements

Drafting and advising clients on the effects of certain contractual provisions. This extends to charterparties, freight forwarding agreements, letters of indemnities and undertaking, ship sale and purchase contracts and shipbuilding contracts.

Advised clients in a vessel acquisition.

Arrest and seizure of vessels

Advising and representing clients who wish to arrest vessels as a form of security or seize vessels to enforce a judgment award. This extends to instructing overseas counsel on arresting vessels in other jurisdictions.

Advised and acted for beneficial owners in multiple vessel arrests across 5 jurisdictions on disputes over vessel ownership and involving issues of sanction implications.

International trade

Cargo specifications compliance

Advising and representing clients in disputes over specifications and delivery of cargoes such as coal, iron ore, scrap and calcium carbide. This area covers standard form agreements such as the SCoTA v8 and guidelines such as the ISRI Scrap specifications.

Advised and acted for sellers against buyers who refused to take delivery of scrap cargo and alleged non-compliance with the ISRI Scrap specifications.